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Lawrence just has to make it through his final year of residential school and then he will never have to set foot in this horrible place again. But despite his best efforts to stay out of trouble, he finds himself in a few frightening predicaments. An escape attempt fails and a s...

Includes an epilogue detailing how native Canadians were taken from their families and placed in residential schools, or "Indian boarding schools", and how the bad memories still linger.

First Nations author Larry Loyie describes his childhood years during the Second World War.

"Larry Loyie, award-winning Cree author, educator, and playwright writes honestly, tenderly, with laughter as well as sadness about his traditional childhood interrupted by six years in residential school."-- Provided by publisher.

"Tomma, a young Iroquois voyageur, signs his first contract with the Hudson's Bay Company. Does his loyalty lie with the almighty Bay or with his love of freedom? For Governor George Simpson, profits always come first, but for the Iroquois and Canadien voyageurs, this is their li...

When the Spirits Dance is about Larry Loyie and his Cree family during the Second World War. Throughout the story, the author has woven facts about how the war years changed the life of one Cree community. This story examines the meaning of war for young children, the contributio...

Un court roman de lecture facile qui dresse un portrait de la vie telle qu'elle se déroulait traditionnellement dans les familles des Cris avant les répressions exercées par l'homme blanc. La liberté et la joie de vivre éprouvées par le jeune garçon tout au long du récit ...

"In this book, The Moon Speaks Cree, young Lawrence learns the secrets of winter survival from his parents and grandparents. Based on Larry Loyie's Traditional Cree childhood, the story teaches lessons on: the effect of change on Indigenous People, respect for culture and history...

Tells the story of an aboriginal family dealing with HIV.

Like many of the tens of thousands of First Nations, Inuit and Métis children who were taken from their families and sent to residential school for years, Lawrence felt like a stranger in his community when he returned, questioning both his place and his role in the world. But w...